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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 142 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I hate that Reagan is supposed to be the benchmark here. That motherfucker set us on this path all those years ago by abandoning the great society view; there's so much that's fucked in the US today that can be traced back to him. The only thing I'll ever give him good credit for is his opposition to nuclear weapons.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 37 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I will say, this is EXCELLENT for my "that'll show Dad" collection

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think I take your meaning

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 25 points 21 hours ago

They are implying a collection of various items, memes or otherwise, that contain facts, comparisons, or perhaps even philosophical quandaries that may stump, refute, or put into question their father’s staunch right wing stance

Or they’re looking to prove their dad right that they collect good memes, 50/50 chance

[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

He had the good decency to die as well.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 19 points 21 hours ago

Yes, but after he'd already done as much damage as he could, not when he received a personal invitation.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 8 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

That motherfucker set us on this path all those years ago

Your path was set looooong before Reagan.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

Reagan actively courted the Religious Right, which as everyone knows, was a bad idea for democracy.

Those fuckers do not compromise, because they want theocracy.

Now, the fact that there was a religious right in the first place is a whole other cn of worms.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 15 hours ago

If you wish you carve a path from scratch, first you must create the universe.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The founding of our country required a compromise that counted slaves as Three-Fifths of a person, just so that the conservative South could get greater representation in the House.

Those slaves, of course, would enjoy the protections and security that the Constitution offered as a result!

J/k they were fucked both literally and figuratively.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

He popularized the anti-working class agenda among the masses.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

If anything, the New Deal and wealth accrued through rapid industrialization by becoming the world's number one weapons manufacturer while taking little to no infrastructural damage during WW2 seem like anomalies.